Athletics News

Danica Deckard, a junior forward on the Ohio State field hockey team, was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Sept. 27. Deckard, a native of Selinsgrove, Pa., led the Buckeyes to a 2-1 victory over Michigan Sept. 23 with two goals at Buckeye Varsity Field. With her performance against the Wolverines, the OSU forward earns the first weekly award of her career.

After missing the last six matches, Mariah Booth returned to the starting lineup for the volleyball team with a career-high 12 kills vs. Iowa, her first double-figure kill match of her career. She posted her second double-figure kill match at Nebraska with 10. Booth hit .375 (12-3-24) for her season high against Iowa and improved her hitting season high to .562 (10-1-16) at Nebraska.

Ohio State placed seventh at the 4k Toledo Inter-Regional Bubble Buster on Sept. 24 utilizing 10 newcomers in their lineup. The Buckeyes scored 152 points with their top 5 runners led by Freshman Nicole Hilton with a 15th-place finish.

Ohio State got back on the winning track Sept. 24, defeating Colorado 37-17 in front of 105,096 fans at Ohio Stadium. Freshman quarterback Braxton Miller was effective in his first career start, completing 5 of 13 passes for 83 yards and two touchdowns - both to freshman wide receiver Devin Smith - while adding 84 yards on the ground. Junior running back Jordan Hall provided a spark to the Buckeye rushing attack, toting the ball 18 times for 84 yards and a touchdown. Hall had 231 all-purpose yards in the contest, with 135 on kickoff returns.

The Buckeyes fell to No. 5 Louisville, 1-0, on a late goal Sept. 22 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Ohio State defeated Michigan, 3-2, in overtime, Sept. 25 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in front of 985 fans. Chris Hegngi scored the game-winning goal 34 seconds into the first overtime period with the help of Omar Vallejo's second assist of the game

Sarah Mignin and Taylor Sherwin were named Big Ten Player of the Week honors. Mignin was named the co-defensive player of the week for the second consecutive week and Sherwin was the freshman player of the week.